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298 LAWS OF MISSOURI, 1977
be followed in all respects not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 13.100 to
13.400. Upon the filing of any such appeal, the court shall give the case preference in the
order of hearing to all other cases and modify its rules to the extent necessary to
conclude the appeal as quickly as possible. In every case of such appeal, a bond with
sufficient sureties conditioned for the payment of the costs accrued and to accrue in the
cause may be required by any court in which the case is pending.
13.445. Parties may subpoena witnesses and take depositions.—In all cases of
contested elections, primary and other, the contestant and the contestee shall be allowed
process for witnesses, and either party may take depositions, as in civil cases, to be read
as evidence at the trial, as is authorized in civil cases. All such depositions shall be filed
before the trial is commenced, and may be read in evidence no matter where the
witnesses reside.
13.450. Recount authorized when less than one percent difference in vote.—
Any contestant in a primary or other election contest who was defeated by less than one
percent of the votes cast for an office in any jurisdiction, or whose position on a question
was defeated by less than one percent of the votes cast on the question in any jurisdiction,
shall have the right to a recount of the votes cast for the office or on the question in the
jurisdiction. Any such recount shall be conducted under the direction of the court, the
commissioner representing the court or the legislative body trying the contest
according to the provisions of this chapter.
14.001. Committees each established party shall maintain.—Each
established political party shall have a state committee, a congressional district
committee for each congressional district in the state, a judicial district committee for
each circuit judge district in the state not subject to the provisions of Article V, Section
29 of the state constitution, a senatorial district committee for each senatorial district in
the state, a legislative district committee for each legislative district in the state and a
county committee for each county in the state.
14.005. Purpose of committee.—Each party committee shall be selected as
provided in this chapter for the purpose of representing and acting for the party in the
interim between party conventions.
14.010. County committee, selection of.—1. No person shall be elected as a
member of a county committee who is not a registered voter of the county and a resident
of the committee district from which he is elected. Except as provided in subsections 2,3
and 4 of this section, the membership of a county committee of each established political
party shall consist of a man and a woman elected from each township in the county.
2. In each county of the first class containing the major portion of a city which has
over 300,000 inhabitants, two members of the committee, a man and a woman, shall be
elected from each ward. Any township entirely contained in the city shall have no
additional representation on the county committee. The election authority for the
county shall divide the most populous township outside the city into eight subdistricts of
contiguous and compact territory and as nearly equal in population as practicable. The
subdistricts shall be numbered from one upward consecutively, which numbers shall,
insofar as practicable, be retained upon reapportionment. Two members of the county
committee, a man and a woman, shall be elected from each such subdistrict. The
division of such township into subdistricts shall not affect the terms of county committee
members in office when this act becomes effective until the terms for which they were
elected have expired. Four members of the committee, two men and two women, shall
be elected from each other township outside the city.
3. In each county of the first class containing a portion, but not the major portion,
of a city which has over 300,000 inhabitants, ten members of the committee, five men
and five women, shall be elected from the district of each state representative wholly
contained in the county in the following manner: After each legislative
reapportionment, the election authority shall divide each legislative district wholly

298 LAWS OF MISSOURI, 1977
be followed in all respects not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 13.100 to
13.400. Upon the filing of any such appeal, the court shall give the case preference in the
order of hearing to all other cases and modify its rules to the extent necessary to
conclude the appeal as quickly as possible. In every case of such appeal, a bond with
sufficient sureties conditioned for the payment of the costs accrued and to accrue in the
cause may be required by any court in which the case is pending.
13.445. Parties may subpoena witnesses and take depositions.—In all cases of
contested elections, primary and other, the contestant and the contestee shall be allowed
process for witnesses, and either party may take depositions, as in civil cases, to be read
as evidence at the trial, as is authorized in civil cases. All such depositions shall be filed
before the trial is commenced, and may be read in evidence no matter where the
witnesses reside.
13.450. Recount authorized when less than one percent difference in vote.—
Any contestant in a primary or other election contest who was defeated by less than one
percent of the votes cast for an office in any jurisdiction, or whose position on a question
was defeated by less than one percent of the votes cast on the question in any jurisdiction,
shall have the right to a recount of the votes cast for the office or on the question in the
jurisdiction. Any such recount shall be conducted under the direction of the court, the
commissioner representing the court or the legislative body trying the contest
according to the provisions of this chapter.
14.001. Committees each established party shall maintain.—Each
established political party shall have a state committee, a congressional district
committee for each congressional district in the state, a judicial district committee for
each circuit judge district in the state not subject to the provisions of Article V, Section
29 of the state constitution, a senatorial district committee for each senatorial district in
the state, a legislative district committee for each legislative district in the state and a
county committee for each county in the state.
14.005. Purpose of committee.—Each party committee shall be selected as
provided in this chapter for the purpose of representing and acting for the party in the
interim between party conventions.
14.010. County committee, selection of.—1. No person shall be elected as a
member of a county committee who is not a registered voter of the county and a resident
of the committee district from which he is elected. Except as provided in subsections 2,3
and 4 of this section, the membership of a county committee of each established political
party shall consist of a man and a woman elected from each township in the county.
2. In each county of the first class containing the major portion of a city which has
over 300,000 inhabitants, two members of the committee, a man and a woman, shall be
elected from each ward. Any township entirely contained in the city shall have no
additional representation on the county committee. The election authority for the
county shall divide the most populous township outside the city into eight subdistricts of
contiguous and compact territory and as nearly equal in population as practicable. The
subdistricts shall be numbered from one upward consecutively, which numbers shall,
insofar as practicable, be retained upon reapportionment. Two members of the county
committee, a man and a woman, shall be elected from each such subdistrict. The
division of such township into subdistricts shall not affect the terms of county committee
members in office when this act becomes effective until the terms for which they were
elected have expired. Four members of the committee, two men and two women, shall
be elected from each other township outside the city.
3. In each county of the first class containing a portion, but not the major portion,
of a city which has over 300,000 inhabitants, ten members of the committee, five men
and five women, shall be elected from the district of each state representative wholly
contained in the county in the following manner: After each legislative
reapportionment, the election authority shall divide each legislative district wholly